US court backs President Donald Trump's DEI ban

What’s happening is an overcorrection and pulling back on DEI statements,

attorney Aleshadye Getachew said in a hearing

Pamela Harris (judge)judge

My vote should not be understood as agreement with the orders’ attack on efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion,

wrote Judge Harris, who was also appointed to the court by Mr. Obama

Any individual judge’s view on whether certain executive action is good policy is not only irrelevant to fulfilling our duty to adjudicate cases and controversies according to the law, it is an impermissible consideration,

Judge Rushing wrote

Albert Diaz (judge)circuit Judge

When this country embraces true diversity, it acknowledges and respects the social identity of its people,

wrote Judge Diaz, who became the first Hispanic jurist to serve as chief judge of the court in 2023

A judge’s opinion that DEI programs ‘deserve praise, not opprobrium’ should play absolutely no part in deciding this case,

Rushing wrote

Albert Diaz (judge)circuit Judge

Despite the vitriol now being heaped on DEI, people of good faith who work to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion deserve praise, not opprobrium,

the judge wrote

Pamela Harris (judge)judge

The challenged Executive Orders, on their face, are of distinctly limited scope,

wrote Judge Pamela Harris, an appointee of President Joe Biden

Albert Diaz (judge)circuit Judge

I too reserve judgment on how the administration enforces these executive orders,

Diaz wrote

It’s unclear what types of programs — formal or informal — the administration seeks to eliminate,

he continued, noting

A country does itself no favors by scrubbing the shameful moments of its past,

he wrote

Agency enforcement actions that go beyond the Orders’ narrow scope may well raise serious First Amendment and Due Process concerns,

the judge added